![]() ![]() One of the main voices is journalist and author Larry "Ratso" Sloman who interviewed Cohen many times over 30 years and whose tapes of those interviews are used to let Cohen speak for himself. The filmmakers are enamored of their eloquent subjects, from Judy Collins and composer/arranger John Lissauer to a childhood friend and his rabbi Mordechi Finley. ![]() As the title says, it is a journey and a long one at that. It feels, in some ways, like two different films: The first part is a standard biographical documentary that then shifts focus to "Hallelujah's" resurrection outside of Cohen, before finally turning attention back to Cohen and his triumphant final tour. It's an interestingly stitched together film that starts at the end - his final performance in 2013, singing "Hallelujah," of course - and rewinds to the beginning of his songwriting career to trace how he got there. Now, four decades after its initial recording, it's downright ubiquitous, a regular feature in movies, television shows, and singing competitions around the world. ![]() ![]() But in the new documentary " Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song," in theaters Friday, directors Dayna Goldfine and Dan Gellar examine how despite the odds, the song managed to take on a life of its own thanks, in varying degrees, to Bob Dylan, John Cale, Jeff Buckley and Shrek. ![]()
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